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Lesson 8 of 10

Getting around in Kinyarwanda

Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. Play the ten Kinyarwanda words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

Buses at Nyabugogo bus station in Kigali, Rwanda
Getting around
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Kinyarwanda phrases in this lesson

Ubwiherero buri he?oo-bwee-heh-REH-roh boo-REE heh
Where is the toilet?
Nagera ... nte?nah-GEH-rah ... n-TEH
How do I get to...?
Ibumosoee-boo-MOH-soh
To the left
Iburyoee-BOO-ryoh
To the right
Komeza imberekoh-MEH-zah eem-BEH-reh
Straight ahead

Literally "continue forward".

HanoHAH-noh
Here
Sitasiyo ya gari ya moshisee-tah-SEE-yoh yah GAH-ree yah MOH-shee
Train station

Rwanda has no railway yet; buses connect the whole country.

BisiBEE-see
Bus

Kigali buses are paid with a Tap and Go card. Motorbike taxis, moto, are everywhere.

Ikibuga cy'indegeee-kee-BOO-gah chee-n-DEH-geh
Airport

Literally "the field of the plane".

Itike imwe, ndakwinginzeee-TEE-keh EEM-weh, n-dah-kwee-NGEEN-zeh
One ticket, please

Where Kinyarwanda is spoken

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